[Bug 896658] Re: unable to write bootloader on frosh install of 11.10 on firmware raid 5

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Exception during installation:
Nov 26 14:01:30 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Nov 26 14:01:30 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1641, in <module>
Nov 26 14:01:30 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     install.run()
Nov 26 14:01:30 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 55, in wrapper
Nov 26 14:01:30 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     func(self)
Nov 26 14:01:30 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 199, in run
Nov 26 14:01:30 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     self.configure_bootloader()
Nov 26 14:01:30 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 955, in configure_bootloader
Nov 26 14:01:30 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Nov 26 14:01:30 ubuntu plugininstall.py: InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Nov 26 14:01:30 ubuntu plugininstall.py: 


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Title:
  unable to write bootloader on frosh install of 11.10 on firmware raid
  5

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I had an existing 10.10 install on this very machine with firmware
  raid 0. I installed 4 500GB drives as raid 5 and the install worked
  right up until the end when it failed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.287
  Date: Sat Nov 26 14:01:36 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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